tmorgan9 Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 My cd-rw drive won't recognize any blank disks to record mp3s on. help! Quote
help4me Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 what kind of drive do you have? Have you tried updating the driver (firmware) for your drive? Quote Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.6 GHz6GB RAM500 GB HDDIntel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB dedicated memory Computer acting up? Then join Free PC Help and let us help you. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you, then please consider a donation. Click here.
tmorgan9 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Posted January 30, 2009 yes I have, no avail. will play cd but not recognize blank cd in drive. Quote
help4me Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 have you tried cleaning your cdrw with a cd drive cleaning kit? Quote Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.6 GHz6GB RAM500 GB HDDIntel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB dedicated memory Computer acting up? Then join Free PC Help and let us help you. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you, then please consider a donation. Click here.
help4me Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 ok... does device manager show that the cdrw is working properly? have you tired system restore? I am assuming you probably have and that at best it's a temporary fix. How old is the cdrw? When did the problem start? Quote Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.6 GHz6GB RAM500 GB HDDIntel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB dedicated memory Computer acting up? Then join Free PC Help and let us help you. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you, then please consider a donation. Click here.
Tootech Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 Does it read discs ok - original's and CD-R's ? Quote
help4me Posted January 30, 2009 Posted January 30, 2009 tmorgan9... I have to be offline for abit... but I leave you in very good hands with tootech. Take care and best of luck with the cdrw. :) Quote Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.6 GHz6GB RAM500 GB HDDIntel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB dedicated memory Computer acting up? Then join Free PC Help and let us help you. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you, then please consider a donation. Click here.
tmorgan9 Posted January 31, 2009 Author Posted January 31, 2009 My drive will read and ect. for my windows cd. But it will not let me burn cds. It says I don't have a cd in drive. it will read one that is already has something on it. Tony Quote
help4me Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Have you tried various brands of disks? Sometimes a drive can get picky, or a particular package of cd's can be defective. If trying different disks does not help, then do a system restore. Post back here with the results (worked/didn't work). Quote Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.6 GHz6GB RAM500 GB HDDIntel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB dedicated memory Computer acting up? Then join Free PC Help and let us help you. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you, then please consider a donation. Click here.
Plastic Nev Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Hi Tony, can you give us some details of the make, model number etc, device manager should tell you that, but on the off chance it doesn't you may have to take the cover off and look at its label. Also has it ever recorded to a blank disk in the past? and if so how long since? If unsure how to find "Device manager" Click start, then run. Type devmgmt.msc in the box and click OK. then select CD/DVD drives and double click on the CD drive. Please bear in mind though that the burning head is a different bit from the read head, it just may have failed, in which case you would need a new drive. However we will first try to get it to work if it will. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? 😄
Goku Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Hello Tony. Also, please read the following Microsoft Knowledge Base and perform the troubleshooting instructions suggested. How to troubleshoot issues that occur when you write data to a CD-R or CD-RW optical disc in Windows XP Hope that helps. :) -- Goku Quote
Dalo Harkin Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 As Bonnie has already said 9/10 when a drive spins a disk but will not burn or anything its the firmware that needs updating. Quote Intel Q6600 @ 4Ghz (Watercooled)Asus P5K premium black pearl4GB OCZ Reaper 8500260GTX Join Free PC Help - Register here Donations are welcome - here PC Build We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else.After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.
Turnips Revenge Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 I have a similar problem. Done all these things but to no avail. Quote
RandyL Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Hi Turnips. Can you please start a new thread and detail exactly what your problem is and what you have tried so far? To start a new thread simply click on the 'new thread' button http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/images/bluedemon/buttons/newthread.gif Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
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